Tuesday was a lazy day. We did nothing. We went nowhere. Didn't even start up the car. We have had a busy and difficult few months, so doing nothing is a good thing!. Just about perfect! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" />


After staying at a couple of dozen places all around the island over the years, we find that Beachside Villas has what we want. To me, the best beach on the island



The best SEAT for viewing it..



..that's my seat, on the right...

And a fantastic view, second to none!


Of passing sailboats





and cruise ships



..and the world at large...





The weather was somewhat changeable all day. We had about 5 or 6 HEAVY downpours for about 5 minutes each




and then it would clear off and be fairly sunny



and then another round would come through. It didn't really bother us much, as we hadn't intended to go anywhere much anyway.


I did venture down as far away as the pool. There are now chair pads on the chairs around the pool and on many of the chairs on the beach.



I had intended to take pictures from there of the KLM taking off, but it looked like it was going to come another downpour, so I scurried back to the house and sent Eric out to take some pictures from the viewing steps.




It always amazes me, being able to see the 747 so close.

Meals today were a simple thing. Ham and cheese omelette for breakfast, along with the obligatory mimosa!

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Then a homemade pasta salad with lots of veggies and cheese and ham for lunch and a chicken breast stuffed with cheese and ham for dinner. Sorry, no pictures of those! We did have a slight disaster, as we broke one of our wine glasses as we were doing the dishes.. Hopefully we won't have to make another trip to Ace to finish up our week!

Other than going to the pool, my other big excursion of the day was going over to the office to exchange out a couple of books, since I have read two books by now. I didn't really pay that much attention, but there is a laptop and a printer sitting there in the reception area now, so I guess that is for the use of guests, a nice touch for those who don't bring their computer along, as we do.

Well, that's it, a pretty boring day overall. But we did what we came here to do...


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This sign is above one of the doors in our villa.

Everyone's idea of a vacation is different. None are wrong. A vacation is what YOU make it to be. Years ago, we stayed on the French side, spent ALL day ont the beach, went to Grand Case to a French restaurant every night, most nights drove over to a casino and usually came back through Marigot at 1:30 in the morning, usually getting caught behind the garbage truck. Just thinking about that schedule now makes me tired!! (...although I confess we are a few years older now... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Smile.gif" alt="" />)

I guess what I'm trying to say is let's not be so critical of what other's choices are in vacations. If someone wants to go visit three different other islands over the course of a week on SXM or do a different excursion every day, more power to them! If someone wants to go out every meal to eat and go to the casino every night, hey good for them! If someone wants to bring a huge cooler, or a small one, full of meat down with them on the plane, that's cool. So long as it doesn't affect YOUR vacation, it's all good. For us, now, a day like Tuesday, sitting watching the waves and the water and the sailboats and the cruise ships, reading a book, eating some simple food, maybe taking a little nap in the afternoon, it's all good..